Friday, May 1, 2026

Movies I Have Seen - May 2026 (1 movie)

 

3 Movies


The Sting. 1973, Starring 



Hollywood Suite, 3 May 2026. Soundtrack: "



Anachronisms: 

(at around 1h 50 mins) When the briefcase containing $100 bills is opened in extreme closeup, the bills have "modern, small-size" green Federal Reserve seals that are wrong for the 1930s. In that era the green seals would be much larger, and a very light green in color. In fact the bills are Series 1969B, as can be identified by the signatures of the Treasurer (Dorothy Andrews Kabis) and the Secretary of the Treasury (John B. Connally).

(at around 1h 22 mins) At the end of the Snyder-Hooker chase, as Hooker is running down the sidewalk, a red stop sign can be seen in the distance. Red stop signs did not appear until 1954. Prior to that time, stop signs were yellow.

(at around 1h 55 mins) The phone on Polk's desk is appropriate for the time, but it rings like a phone from the 1960s or later.

The white over green bus seen in many shots is a 1959 Isuzu BA 741. This same bus can be seen in Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), Strange Bedfellows (1965), Night Gallery (1969), The Munsters (1964), and many others. It was used on the Universal lot for a long time.

(at around 1h 21 mins) 1950s-era aluminum tube storefront windows are visible when Snyder chases Hooker towards the 'L' station after catching him in the phone booth.

In most every scene in the diner, ketchup bottles can be seen with "lug" type caps that were not invented until the late 1960s.

There is a billboard for Ezra Brooks brand bourbon. Ezra Brooks was not made and sold until 1957.

(at around 48 mins) The deck of cards Henry uses when showing Johnny his shuffling ability are the 1970s-style Bicycle brand cards that would not have been available in the 1930s

(at around 1h 22 mins) The 43rd Street 'L' platform shows "A" and "B" stops, not introduced until WWII, and employs the Helvetica typeface, designed in 1957.

(at around 1h 21 mins) While Snyder is chasing Hooker and he makes the left under the El, there is a modern, red box truck (or emergency vehicle) to the right of the tracks. Also, the front end of a modern vehicle can be seen very briefly on the right side of the tracks, parked just ahead of the red box truck.

Most tall office buildings in night scenes are almost entirely illuminated within by fluorescent lights. This film is set in 1936. Fluorescent tube lights were invented in 1934, but were not widely sold commercially until 1938.

(at around 46 mins) The scene transition shown when the card games on the train take place shows a Pennsylvania Railroad Q1 Class streamlined locomotive. The movie action is supposed to take place in 1936. The Q1 class locomotives weren't introduced until 1943.

(at around 24 mins) There's a double yellow line in the street outside the merry-go-round, just after Hooker arrives in Chicago.


Southland Tales. 2006, Starring 


  • Dwayne Johnson as Boxer Santaros, an amnesiac action star whose life crosses paths with Krysta Now.[13] Santaros is married to Madeline Frost Santaros.[14]
  • Seann William Scott as Officer Roland Taverner / Private Ronald Taverner, identical twin brothers, one who is a kidnapped U.P.U.2 officer in Hermosa Beach, California,[13] the other who is working for the neo-Marxist group who have told him he kidnapped and drugged his brother.[14]
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar as Krysta Now / Krysta Lynn Kapowski, an adult film star who is working on creating a reality show.[13] Gellar met with Kelly and was drawn to the original ideas in his script for Southland Tales.[15]
  • Nora Dunn as Cyndi Pinziki, a porn director and principal member of USIDeath, an organization with plans to destroy US-IDENT.
  • Christopher Lambert as Walter Mung, an arms dealer who sells weapons inside an ice cream truck.
  • John Larroquette as Vaughn Smallhouse, an advisor to Senator Bobby Frost.[14]
  • Bai Ling as Serpentine, the Baron's sultry girlfriend who is seen quite often throughout the film, serving as an ambiguous character that knows more than she lets on.
  • Jon Lovitz as Bart Bookman, a violent police officer in love with Zora Carmichaels.
  • Mandy Moore as Madeline Frost Santaros, Boxer Santaros' wife and daughter of Senator Bobby Frost.
  • Holmes Osborne as Senator Bobby Frost, the father of Madeline Frost Santaros and husband of Nana Mae Frost.
  • Cheri Oteri as Zora Carmichaels, a Neo-Marxist and Bart Bookman's love interest.
  • Amy Poehler as Veronica “Dream” Mung, a Neo-Marxist activist.
  • Lou Taylor Pucci as Martin Kefauver, a young man who is drafted into military service for the Iraq War.
  • Miranda Richardson as Nana Mae Frost, the ambitious antagonist of the film, Boxer's mother-in-law and the head of US-IDENT.[14]
  • Wallace Shawn as Baron von Westphalen, a villain who uses ocean waves to create a source of power. He is the great-grandson of Jenny von Westphalen.[14]
  • Kevin Smith as Simon Theory, a legless Iraq War veteran who works for Baron von Westphalen.[16]
  • Justin Timberlake as Private Pilot Abilene, an Iraq War veteran.[17] He narrates the film and also mimes a musical number.[14]

Wood Harris appears as Neo-Marxist activist Dion Element. Zelda Rubinstein, Beth Grant and Curtis Armstrong portray Dr. Katarina Kuntzler, Dr. Inga Von Westphalen and Dr. Soberin Exx, respectively, all being members of the baron's entourage. Will Sasso plays Fortunio Balducci, while Janeane Garofalo appears as General Teena MacArthur, whose scenes only appear in the Cannes Cut.[18][19] Eli Roth cameos as a man who is shot by US-IDENT while on the toilet.


Hollywood Suite, 4 May 2026. Soundtrack: "



The Housemaid. 2025, Starring 


  • Sydney Sweeney as Wilhelmina "Millie" Calloway, a housemaid with a criminal record
  • Amanda Seyfried as Nina Winchester, a wealthy woman who hires Millie
  • Brandon Sklenar as Andrew Winchester, Nina's husband
  • Michele Morrone as Enzo Accardi, an Italian groundskeeper
  • Elizabeth Perkins as Evelyn Winchester, Andrew's mother
  • Indiana Elle as Cecelia "Cece" Winchester, Nina's daughter
    • Hope Grant as infant CeCe
  • Amanda Joy Erickson as Suzanne, a local housewife
  • Megan Ferguson as Jilianne, a local housewife
  • Ellen Tamaki as Patrice, a local housewife
  • Don DiPetta as Officer Jenkins
  • Lamar B. Slaughter as Officer Stanley
  • Alaina Surgener as Amanda, a local housemaid
  • Alexandra Seal as Jessica Connors, a policewoman
  • Brian D. Cohen as Detective Smythe
  • Ellen Adair as Lisa Killefer, a wealthy woman who interviews Millie in the epilogue


Crave, 5 May 2026. Soundtrack: "
















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